Chapter 108: Toward the Future
Two months later
Quies and Sylvie came to my territory
A formal visit as a king and queen of a country
They were accompanied by nearly a thousand soldiers.
The ostensible reason for their visit was:
・To praise the success of the heavy cavalry archer in the war.
・Defeating the enemy general on the front line without regard for his safety.
・Praise for the many things I had done in the kingdom.
These three
Then, as for the back reasons...
"Sensei, I apologize for the inconvenience."
Inside the mansion
Keeping a baby in a room with only a few people allowed to go in
"Don't worry. I'll make sure he grows up to be a good boy."
Sylvie is in tears.
It can't be helped.
From this point on, they can no longer be publicly known as parents.
It's a goodbye now.
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One unexpected point that helped.
One of the people who knew about this was Firance.
It seems that he was taken care of as an orphan since he was little.
There is a baby among us, but it seems that our burden is less than we thought.
Now Firance, Wince, Sedona, and a nanny from the royal castle are taking care of him.
From here, the second reason for the visit
"So, what happened to Barbatt?"
I haven't checked on Barbatt since I woke up.
The report said he was still alive.
"Do you remember Viscount Kyrgy?"
The former ruler of my territory.
“I don’t know, but the reports from that time and Viscount Barbatt have a lot in common.”
"Besides being crazy?"
"Yes, the most important thing is they want blue water."
"That again?"
"Yeah."
After all, we have no information about the existence of blue water.
"Was it 15 years ago? Nothing's ever come of it."
"But Barbatt is different."
"What is?"
"Regular water did not burn him."
"That's true, but... is it really that important?"
"It's too dangerous to begin with, so he's in a disconnected state, so there's nothing we can get as information."
"Wait!"
Disconnected?
“By the time we rushed over, Barbatt was in a state where his body is cut in five parts.”
"He was alive?"
"From the neck down, he was just screaming something. He didn't have a throat, so he just moved his mouth."
I thought it looked like a synthetic dragon, but this is crazy.
What kind of logic is used to make life work?
"Right now, he's in the depths of the dungeon with his severed neck sealed with molten iron.."
"You don't have any more information?"
"No."
"Then next. One after another!"
I wonder if I can hear more about that!
Reason number three!
"I have sent a messenger to the Principality of Orario."
"How was it?"
"It seems that he was kicked out because he was told, [We can't do silly negotiations with a country bumpkin]."
Are they trying to pick a fight?
Even if the nobles had started the war on their own, they'd still be responsible for it.
"Are you going to attack?"
"No way, we won't."
That's a very implicit way of putting it.
"Since they're taking such an attitude and troublesome, we're going to let them off the hook for now."
"Specifically?"
"I'm thinking of forming an alliance with Kusouf, the land of the foxes, and Sutska, the land of the cats."
"Is Gadoga okay with it?"
"We have already discussed it. I can't say that they're on good terms with Ulfrica, but he said, [It's not good to kill each other, so as long as the alliance is maintained, I don't care]."
So what does this guy plan to do with an alliance of four countries?
“First of all, Sensei. No, what I would like to ask the Count to do is to improve the heliograph."
"Eh, it's not good enough as it is?"
I don't see anything wrong with it.
“I heard that on cloudy days, for example, the reflection is weak and sometimes it is difficult to see. Also, I would like it to be usable at night."
There are ways to do it.
It doesn't matter if the magic stone emits light
"Next, I'll put a railroad through all the countries we have alliances with."
"Wait, wait, wait!"
That's impossible!
It's beyond the Count's capacity.
"It's not like I'm asking sensei to do everything. I'm asking sensei to improve the locomotives and freight cars to make them easier to use. We'll make detailed blueprints and make them known..."
"That's what I'm still doing, isn't it? What do you mean by making them known?"
“Please increase the literacy rate of the four countries in the same way as your territory.”
"Do you want me to die?"
"You're not going to die, are you? There is no problem. Also, the public facilities, educational facilities, drinking water supply, and roads that have been provided in the count's territory for a long time have a good reputation in the country. Please extend that to all four countries."
"You want me to die!"
"It's a royal order♪"
Quies, you bastard!
"Well then. I'm busy, too! I'm going back now. Good luck, Count!"
Now that I think about it, what am I doing?
At first, I was just an adventurer, right?
I earned my daily income and was free even though I was poor
Now I'm a count.
I have lots of money
But I don't have time to spend it!
Aaahhhhhh, I want to go on an adventure!
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